BACKGROUND Nuts appear to have cardiovascular benefits but their effect in diabetic patients is unclear. OBJECTIVE The objective was to assess effects of almond-enriched diets on insulin sensitivity and lipids in patients with normoglycemia or type 2 diabetes. DESIGN Study 1 assessed the effect of almonds on insulin sensitivity in 20 free-living healthy volunteers who received 100 g almonds...

In this study, the sterol contents of almond kernel oils collected from naturally growing almond trees in Mersin province were determined. Generally, the sterol contents of almond oil samples varied depending on almond types. The major sterols in almond oils wereß-sitosterol, 5-avenasterol and campesterol, followed by 5,24-stigmastadienol, stigmasterol, sitostanol, and cholesterol. W...

Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty (OLETF) rats are a strain of Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rats that do not express CCK-1 receptors, developing in adulthood, hyperphagia, obesity, and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). We examined weight gain and meal patterns during a 30-min independent ingestion test on postnatal days 2-4 and again on days 9-11 in OLETF and LETO rat pups....

Hyperphagia is a reported side effect of anxiolytic benzodiazepines such as chlordiazepoxide (CDP). Prior research has focused primarily on the ingestive responses to sweet or solid foods. We examined CDP effects on licking for normally accepted and avoided taste solutions across a range of concentrations. The effect of CDP (10 mg/kg) versus saline on the licking patterns of water-restricted ra...

to determine the specificity and host range of wilsonomyces carpophilus isolates, some stone fruit seedlings (prunus armeniaca, prunus dulcis, prunus reuteri, p. vulgaris, p. domestica, p. persica, p. avium and p. cerasus), pome fruits (malus communis, pyrus communis, crataegus azarollus and crataegus monogyna) as well as ornamental plants (rosa persica, rosa sp. and r. damascena) were selected...

In this study, the effects of two different levels sweet almond supplementation (2,500 and 5,000 mg/kg) to Japanese quails’ diets (Coturnix coturnix Japonica) on performance, carcass group, blood values meat quality were examined. For purpose, 72 one-day-old quails randomly distributed under control experimental groups for 35 days experiment, their body weight feed consumption evaluated. At end...

Forty weaned rabbits (8 weeks old) of mixed sexes and breed, with an average initial live-weight 680g, were used in a nine-week feeding trial to evaluate their performance on diets which sun-dried sweet potatoe tuber meal (Ipomoea batatas) was included at the rate 0, 10, 20, 30 40% levels CP Isonitrogenous diets. Performance parameters showed that feed intake, weight gain ratio not significantl...

A twenty-eight-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate maize replacement value of rumen filtrate biodegraded sweet orange peel (SOP) in the starter broiler chick’s diet. Sweet fruit peels were collected from retailers peeled fruits. Fresh content a government abattoir, mixed with water at ratio 1 kg: liter, and mixture sieved obtain (RF). Rumen liter: 2.5 kg, poured into polythene bags, tie...